Commission reviews trash-enclosure and off-street parking clarifications

Commissioners reviewed redline clarifications about trash enclosures and off-street parking standards. Staff said the town has had trash-enclosure standards since at least 1994 and that change #15 in the packet clarifies when an enclosure is required; additional, more detailed standards appear later in the packet.

The redline also proposes flexibility for exterior unenclosed connections for individual buildings provided they are not visible from adjacent streets. "My understanding is we've had trash enclosure standards as far back as the 1994 regulations," Tyler Valentine said in response to a commissioner's question about cost and operational impacts for developers and haulers. Commissioners asked whether new bear-resistant dumpsters affect the need for enclosures and whether paving requirements around enclosures would impose unnecessary paving in dirt-alleys; staff replied the rule applies to private property pads and that paving is typical for safe, efficient collection.